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avulsion

noun

a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

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Word length
8
Starts with
A
Ends with
N
Contains
VU
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another

noun

  1. an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another

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